401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Northern Plains Railroad, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$8M
Total assets Small plan by assets
180
Participants Small participant base
54th
Percentile by assets National rank
$45,952
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Northern Plains Railroad, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan · Sponsored by Northern Plains Railroad, Inc. · North Dakota · Transportation & Warehousing

$8M in assets, 180 participants

Northern Plains Railroad, Inc.'s Northern Plains Railroad, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan reported $8M in total assets and 180 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 54th percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.

  • #1,853 in Transportation & Warehousing (3,362 peers)

Coverage in North Dakota

Northern Plains Railroad, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan covers 180 participants in North Dakota, about 36% of the average North Dakota filer (state average ~504 per filing). Assets: $8M.

#1,853
in Transportation & Warehousing (3,362 peers)
+25.4%
assets growth YoY

Northern Plains Railroad, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan's mid-pack asset rank among Transportation & Warehousing and all filers

Northern Plains Railroad, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$8,271,300 Top 46% higher than 54% of 127,068 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023

Northern Plains Railroad, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan among mid-size filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Northern Plains Railroad, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (180 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Northern Plains Railroad, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan reported net income rose from -$211K in the plan year 2022 filing to $2M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Northern Plains Railroad, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan end-of-year assets rose from $7M in the plan year 2022 filing to $8M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Northern Plains Railroad, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan reported participants rose from 158 in the plan year 2022 filing to 180 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 450445434 · Northern Plains Railroad, Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)

Northern Plains Railroad, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan · $8M · 180 · 54th

  • PCT $8M
  • PCT 180
  • PCT 54th
  • PCT 401(k)
  • PCT near National Automotive Roads Fuel Association Multiple Employer Plan
  • PCT ind #1853

Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with Transportation & Warehousing retirement plans → · Plans in North Dakota →

Northern Plains Railroad, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Northern Plains Railroad, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

North Dakota filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$7M
Net Assets (End of Year)$8M
Net Income$2M
Employer EIN450445434
Plan Effective Date1997-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Northern Plains Railroad, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Northern Plains Railroad, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$9M 35.44789106109684% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$6M$7M$8M$9M$10M 202220232024 $6.6M $8.94M ▲ +35.5%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 158 $7M
2023 1 180 $8M
2024 1 214 $9M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in North Dakota

Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Northern Plains Railroad, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in North Dakota, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -10000010000200003000040000 -101234 Total assets ($B) Participants Northern Plains Railroad, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.0082713 · Participants: 180Northern Plains Railroad, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing PlanSanford Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.110361496 · Participants: 30495Sanford Retirement Savings PlanMdu Resources Group, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.829880488 · Participants: 8551Mdu Resources Group, Inc. 401(k) Retirement PlanKnife River Corporation 401(k) Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.7412361 · Participants: 5269Knife River Corporation 401(k) Retirement PlanDakotas Areawide IBEW-NECA Savings and Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.521170291 · Participants: 3853Dakotas Areawide IBEW-NECA Savings and Retirement PlanEide Bailly LLP 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.512524705 · Participants: 2920Eide Bailly LLP 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan
Northern Plains Railroad, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in North Dakota, assets vs. participants
Compare Northern Plains Railroad, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Northern Plains Railroad, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside North Dakota, the nearest 401(k) by assets is National Automotive Roads Fuel Association Multiple Employer Plan in NH ($8M); by covered participants it is Hass-Anderson Construction Profit Sharing 401(k) Plan in TX (180 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (180 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Northern Plains Railroad, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Northern Plains Railroad, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan grew sharply - up 25.4% during 2023, from $7M to $8M. Reported net income was $2M.
How have Northern Plains Railroad, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Northern Plains Railroad, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 35.4%, from $7M to $9M.
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Northern Plains Railroad, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is National Automotive Roads Fuel Association Multiple Employer Plan in NH ($8M, 303 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Northern Plains Railroad, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Hass-Anderson Construction Profit Sharing 401(k) Plan in TX (180 participants, N/A in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2023.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 450445434.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.